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policy is based on bluster. and so if that is your strategy, you know, maybe -- it's less important that the rockets really work, or maybe they don't work at all. that's less important than if you can make people -- and perhaps your own population -- think that they work. >> could i -- i think steve has made some very, very apt points. this is rocket science, and it's not easy. if there is any good news in this story, and i use that term advisedly, it's the fact that north korea's industrial capacities to test on a regular basis and so forth are probably very constrained. because you don't see -- i'm not trying to say it has to be totally equivalent to the kinds of program that is we ran or the russians ran, but this is not what i would regard as a true testing program, and it's just not frequent enough, it's not intense enough to quantify. that said, the challenge here is maybe less what the north koreans may believe they have. it may be more what we believe they have and how we respond accordingly. and i must
policy is based on bluster. and so if that is your strategy, you know, maybe -- it's less important that the rockets really work, or maybe they don't work at all. that's less important than if you can make people -- and perhaps your own population -- think that they work. >> could i -- i think steve has made some very, very apt points. this is rocket science, and it's not easy. if there is any good news in this story, and i use that term advisedly, it's the fact that north korea's...
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the government is preparing to launch a national security council to oversee foreign and security policies. the bill will enable heads of government officers such as ministers to designate information related to national security. it would only be handled by certain officials. public officials who leak such information could face a sentence of 10 years. it supports a need for freedom of the press. journalists would not be penalized for their activities unless they violated the law or used methods deemed extremely improper. the government hopes to pass the bill in the current diet session. >>> a chinese high court has upheld a lower court's ruling of life in prison for a disgraced politician. a lower court had handed down the life sentence for the former communist party chief after convicting him of bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power. bo's appeal was heard by a provincial higher people's court. on friday morning, the court upheld the sentence of life imprisonment against him. last month a court ruled that bo must serve a life sentence for take bribes of about $6.3 million and misusing
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him from a poor foreign-policy perspective -- from a foreign-policy perspective. by 1952 truman leaves office extremely unpopular but his reputation has been resurrected by some historians. he is one of the most controversial and debated presidents in american history when it comes to foreign-policy, with some people blaming the cold war on him and some people saying he acted wisely and judiciously in his policy. i think the ultimate legacy in terms of truman have not been completely settled by historians. host: this is offered on our democrat line. caller: i served in korea, not during the korean war. i saw a monument dedicated to allied troops. could your guests talk about what role did the u.n. play in the war in korea and can he name some of the other allies that box? -- that fought? guest: the u.s. send more forces than any other country. andthis was a un effort that encompassed troops -- i thought i forgot the exact number of countries, but it was a significant number of countries beyond united states. canadian, australian, turkish troops . there were some b
him from a poor foreign-policy perspective -- from a foreign-policy perspective. by 1952 truman leaves office extremely unpopular but his reputation has been resurrected by some historians. he is one of the most controversial and debated presidents in american history when it comes to foreign-policy, with some people blaming the cold war on him and some people saying he acted wisely and judiciously in his policy. i think the ultimate legacy in terms of truman have not been completely settled by...
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policy won't be in the spotlight despite controversy over many issues including secretive u.s. drone bombing campaigns well let's now cross live to china graff he's the founder of wide awake news website and joining me live there in the u.s. charlie the speech is expected to address the prosperity of america's middle class why is that so important to a bomber at the moment. well i think you know there's a number of reasons why that the primary reason is we've had all this promise over the last four years that we were going to revive the middle class and we were going to strengthen it and exactly the opposite has occurred but there's another reason why i believe that they want to get the middle class on board with any future a raising of debt ceilings or. the march deadline for sequester ration is coming up you know this is the governed by crisis tactic that we like to use you know talk about the middle class talk about how we're going to do things for them but it's only going to work if we throw you further and further into debt i think that the i think the suffering middle cla
policy won't be in the spotlight despite controversy over many issues including secretive u.s. drone bombing campaigns well let's now cross live to china graff he's the founder of wide awake news website and joining me live there in the u.s. charlie the speech is expected to address the prosperity of america's middle class why is that so important to a bomber at the moment. well i think you know there's a number of reasons why that the primary reason is we've had all this promise over the last...
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he's the author of a new book, foreign policy begins at home. the case, we're putting america's house in order. richard, good to see you. >> thanks for having me, maria. >> it's an intriguing title and you say the biggest threat is not from abroad but within our own home. what do you mean by that? >> two things. first of all, there's nothing abroad that's anything on the scale, say, of nazi germany or the soviet union. we face challenges abroad but nothing is existential. secondly, if we put our house in order, growing at our rate, twice our current rate, deal with long-term entitlement challenges, fix schools, infrastructure and everything else holding us back, we'll have the resources and the capacity, not just to be competitive, but to dough vote the resources, say, to military and foreign policy to discourage a competitor from emerging or if one does emerge, we can take care of it. >> the issue is we're always talking that money is tight. we have infrastructure needs in this country. needs in terms of investing in education. investing in the
he's the author of a new book, foreign policy begins at home. the case, we're putting america's house in order. richard, good to see you. >> thanks for having me, maria. >> it's an intriguing title and you say the biggest threat is not from abroad but within our own home. what do you mean by that? >> two things. first of all, there's nothing abroad that's anything on the scale, say, of nazi germany or the soviet union. we face challenges abroad but nothing is existential....
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the foreign policy expert who says we need to fix what is broken at home first, and why the biggest threat to america is within our borders. it's not what you might think. >>> plus, mario batali's secret sauce. the celebrity chef's expanding empire, and his recipe for success. "on the money" begins right now. >> this is america's number one financial news program, "on the money." now maria bartiromo. >> here is a look at what is making news as we head into a new week "on the money." it is the stock market rally that just won't quit. for the first time ever on tuesday, the dow jones industrial average closed above 15,000 and then continued up again into more record territory on wednesday. both days setting all-time highs. the s&p 500 also hit an all-time high on tuesday, closing above 1600. it climbed again on wednesday. the markets took a breather on thursday, but rebounded on friday. we're at the tail end of earnings season. disney and news corp. has better than expected as did media company am c/net works. another sign in the housing comeback, foreclosures fell to the lowest level in six
the foreign policy expert who says we need to fix what is broken at home first, and why the biggest threat to america is within our borders. it's not what you might think. >>> plus, mario batali's secret sauce. the celebrity chef's expanding empire, and his recipe for success. "on the money" begins right now. >> this is america's number one financial news program, "on the money." now maria bartiromo. >> here is a look at what is making news as we head...
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policy crisis of his second term. state department officials say the u.s. and its allies in the far east have been spending the last year telling north korean dictator that pyongyang can enjoy better relations in the world if they abandon that you are michael program. the message is stern. >> to address the situation posed by north korea's threatening activity, u.n. security council will deliver a swift and strong response by way of the security council resolution. >> reporter: at around 10:00 last night, u.s. geological survey recorded a seismic event that was twice the magnitude of the second test back in 2009. they say this time is different because it appears not to be an experiment but the test of an operational nuclear bomb. >> it appears this is uranium weapon that has been totally weaponized and capable to be made into a delivery system. a threat that may have bone a decade off before the test, it now appears to be three to five years off with this new breakthrough by the north koreans. >> you heard the genera
policy crisis of his second term. state department officials say the u.s. and its allies in the far east have been spending the last year telling north korean dictator that pyongyang can enjoy better relations in the world if they abandon that you are michael program. the message is stern. >> to address the situation posed by north korea's threatening activity, u.n. security council will deliver a swift and strong response by way of the security council resolution. >> reporter: at...
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north korean foreign minister and former u.s. special representative for north korean policy steven bosworth met in berl berlin. but the details of the meeting have been kept secret. he is believed to have asked for a resumption of the six-party talks. negotiators haven't met since 2008. north korean leaders say they are open to sitting down again but don't want their counterparts to place conditions on them. u.s. officials say north koreans mst take concrete steps toward denuclearization before negotiations resume. negotiate sors from china chair the talks and they've been pressing americans to reconsider their position. but the americans aren't convinced. they suspect the north koreans have restarted an experimental nuclear reactor, which could be used to produce weapons grade plutonium. and they believe authorities in the north conducted an engine last month for a new type of ballistic missile. now our specialist for north korean affairs. you heard the overtures the north koreans are making. what do you think they're trying to
north korean foreign minister and former u.s. special representative for north korean policy steven bosworth met in berl berlin. but the details of the meeting have been kept secret. he is believed to have asked for a resumption of the six-party talks. negotiators haven't met since 2008. north korean leaders say they are open to sitting down again but don't want their counterparts to place conditions on them. u.s. officials say north koreans mst take concrete steps toward denuclearization...
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it shows the linkages between what happens here in our foreign policy, what happen there's and our abilities to succeed here at home. >> i love it. i think it's a great story. let me get your take on what is going on in some of these hot spots. >> sure. >> in the world like syria, which seems to continue to disintegrate, like north korea, which seems to continue to have more threats against the americans. what is your take on these hot spots? >> well north korea, the real question is whether china is going to use the influence it has to keep the north koreans under control. over the last few weeks, we've seen a little bit of that. north koreans have been barking a lot, but we've not seen a real outbreak of violence. i think it's because the north koreans understand the next korean war will be the last, that the united states and the world are not going to live with this kind of a north korean threat. syria is more difficult. i would say there the united states needs to continue to get involved. but there also needs to be a ceiling on what it is we do. at the end of the day, it's almost a bus
it shows the linkages between what happens here in our foreign policy, what happen there's and our abilities to succeed here at home. >> i love it. i think it's a great story. let me get your take on what is going on in some of these hot spots. >> sure. >> in the world like syria, which seems to continue to disintegrate, like north korea, which seems to continue to have more threats against the americans. what is your take on these hot spots? >> well north korea, the...
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foreign policy and growing desire to take a lower profile in the international arena. what do you make of this trend? >> three words, lack of trust. for the last three years this administration and this president in particular have not shown the rest of the world that we can be trusted. let's just take a look at three examples. israel, they were thrown under the bus at least a couple of times. when you spy on someone that's supposed to be your friend like germany, that raises concerns. and the other thing that i believe attributed to this is the fact that this president decided to pull troops out of iraq regardless of how you feel about us being there, we liberated iraq. but if you pull out too soon, that void is going to be filled by the same element that we went in there to destroy. so it's lack of trust that i believe that's causing americans to feel that we are not as well respected and, in fact, we are not. >> well, you know, the president campaigned for the white house back in 2008 he emphasized the foreign policy strategy that was aimed at rebuilding alliances d
foreign policy and growing desire to take a lower profile in the international arena. what do you make of this trend? >> three words, lack of trust. for the last three years this administration and this president in particular have not shown the rest of the world that we can be trusted. let's just take a look at three examples. israel, they were thrown under the bus at least a couple of times. when you spy on someone that's supposed to be your friend like germany, that raises concerns....
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the impact of the korean war for the americans was from 1946 to 1950 american foreign policy was rather incoherent. there was -- truman had announced the truman doctrine in 1947, which most cold war historians mark as the beginning of the cold war, and the threat that truman identified was actually quite incoherent. american defenses were low and rapid demobilization after world war ii. so, it really took the korean war to create all the policy that we now see, we now associate with the cold war, the standing army, huge defense budgets, the perception of the cyno soviet bloc, and is a threat to american national security and all of that came about because of the korean war and because of the coreon war there was collusion between the government and the defense industry. so the birth of the military industrial complex that eisenhower later warned the nation against. be ware of the military industrial complex, in 1961. i think for china, the effect of the korean war was also extremely profound because it was during the korean war -- must remember that, first, china thought the world's gre
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the foreign policy issues very well. and i think he developed an appreciation for how congress works. he was very clear that he wanted to move on and in fact only second in the u.s. senate are in before that the only one who had done it was one harding in 1920. and since then, the only one who did it was barack obama in 2008. so the senate isn't really a natural jumping off point for the presidency on a yet kennedy found a way to use it to advance his political ambitions. >> the name of the book is pathway to the presidency and the author is john shaw. >> it is a bear cost of american political life. often 2% of members came from working-class accounts and gone into politics and wound up in congress. so flash forward to the present day. spending less than 2% of their career, doing industry service jobs and this is one thing that has not changed at all. lots of different aspects of the political process. >> broadcast television, cable news, senate elections, money in politics, and all of this is happening. including in th
the foreign policy issues very well. and i think he developed an appreciation for how congress works. he was very clear that he wanted to move on and in fact only second in the u.s. senate are in before that the only one who had done it was one harding in 1920. and since then, the only one who did it was barack obama in 2008. so the senate isn't really a natural jumping off point for the presidency on a yet kennedy found a way to use it to advance his political ambitions. >> the name of...
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china pursuing an appeasement foreign policy with the united states after the obama administration announced that pivot towards asia sixty percent of the u.s. navy is going to be in the pacific waters us as militarizing its presence in the pacific china is very worried that the korean peninsula could become a spiral like a larger conflagration right on its own boundaries so they are upset with north korea but north korea isn't listening to china they're not thinking mainly about china they're mainly thinking how do we avoid being collapsed either by economic sanctions or military pressure or a combination of brian thanks so much antiwar activists brian becker from the answer coalition joining us live there from washington we appreciate time thank you . this is our team come to you live from the russian capital with you twenty four hours a day and it's now twenty four minutes past the hour let's return to one of our main stories this hour and that is of course in egypt there have been four days of continual rioting and violence in port side a little earlier we spoke to our correspondent bill
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policy, not stand up for china. ten lost years of leadership but what does that mean? on one hand that suggested is not a moment ago soft. on the other hand most people who do the chinese equivalent of criminology or something, seems to be a more formidable individual. he has more ability to do what he and his immediate colleagues see as in china's interests. if they perceive certain changes it is what we have been talking about here, there's more capacity to bcu the system than we have seen in the last few years. >> roland wilson, there has been some great comments today, probably no wrong answer has been given. they are all right in there and respect. mine focuses on policies toward north korea. we talked about an offensive containment policy which could be termed a short-term policy for the time being. we have that in the past. and on the peninsula, and allegedly to take on nuclear weapons. and in the 80s, we exercise great team spirit, great exercise in deterrent, we brought that as brinksmanship with north kore
policy, not stand up for china. ten lost years of leadership but what does that mean? on one hand that suggested is not a moment ago soft. on the other hand most people who do the chinese equivalent of criminology or something, seems to be a more formidable individual. he has more ability to do what he and his immediate colleagues see as in china's interests. if they perceive certain changes it is what we have been talking about here, there's more capacity to bcu the system than we have seen in...
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. >> foreign policy provided some of her greatest successes. in the shape of europe, it helps bring about her downfall. when she first came to power, the lack of any real foreign experience was her greatest weakness. disastrous miscalculations of assuming that a woman prime minister would not resist if they invaded the falklands. against the better judgment of some for ministers and a key military advisers, that is what she did. victory in the south atlantic changed everything. before the falklands, her first foreign policy adviser used to get hurt tutorials at lunchtime once a week was to cut him and omelets. after the falklands he got a knighthood but he never saw her again. she did not need him anymore. post-falklands was a victory. she failed disastrously in beijing when she tried to persuade the chinese leader to give britain another 50 year lease on hong kong. herorce of personality and close friendship with president reagan, she gave the world the impression that britain was an equal partner with america. their relationship set the patte
. >> foreign policy provided some of her greatest successes. in the shape of europe, it helps bring about her downfall. when she first came to power, the lack of any real foreign experience was her greatest weakness. disastrous miscalculations of assuming that a woman prime minister would not resist if they invaded the falklands. against the better judgment of some for ministers and a key military advisers, that is what she did. victory in the south atlantic changed everything. before the...
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-korea policy of the council on foreign relations. this week, sheila miyoshi jager and her latest book "brothers at war: the unending conflict in korea." in it the asian studies the story provides a complete overview of the korean conflict from the peninsula's occupation by japan during world war ii to its current tensions over north korea's nuclear threat. this program is about one hour. >> host: i'm scott snyder, a senior fellow on korean studies but i'm here today with sheila miyoshi jager, an anthropologist by training. and an associate professor at oberlin college, director of the east asian studies program. she's just come out with a new book called "brothers at war." it's particularly well-timed because we are right on the cusp of the 60th anniversary of the armistice, which brought an end to the fighting stages of the war. one of the interesting aspects of the way that you have framed this book is that it's not just about the events of the fighting phase of the war itself, but also talks a lot about the impact of the korean wa
-korea policy of the council on foreign relations. this week, sheila miyoshi jager and her latest book "brothers at war: the unending conflict in korea." in it the asian studies the story provides a complete overview of the korean conflict from the peninsula's occupation by japan during world war ii to its current tensions over north korea's nuclear threat. this program is about one hour. >> host: i'm scott snyder, a senior fellow on korean studies but i'm here today with sheila...
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>> well, south korea has maintained a foreign policy to receive all of those who want to come and settle down in korea. there are two principle reasons for this policy. the first is because of the constitution. the constitution of south korea states that the territory of public korea covers the entire korean peninsula, which includes north korea. and this means people who are living in north korea are ultimately citizens of south korea. and second is humanitarian reason. north koreans do not have proper document, so they do not receive proper legal protection everywhere. so they have been subject to unspeakable abuses of human rights in their koird countries. if south korean people begin to think the north koreans that they are meeting or they are working with maybe work as spies, they would not be able and willing to work with north korean deneck tors in the same way as they did in the past. so maintaining such a policy, i would urge our government to tighten the rope when they invest incomers in order to prevent further instances. >> thank you very much there. professor kim, thank you
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policy. what we are left with is a situation which suggests to you what option available to the obama administration to pursue the u.s. national interest and security of the peninsula. >> in the short term i put north korea back on the list to stay sponsors of terrorism, cut him out of international financial transactions, certainly would not supply any humanitarian assistance which they used to prop up the regime. honestly, you have to look at the longer term solution, and that means you need to find a way to get this regime eliminated. hopefully peacefully by reunifying the peninsula. otherwise, there is every reason to think they're working with ron cilium ballistic missiles and perhaps on the weapon side as well. that means that these problems are closely related. >> always good to have you with us. much more on the north korean nuclear explosion analysis of the president's upcoming state of the union address tonight. the latest on the california cop killer manhunt throughout this broadca
policy. what we are left with is a situation which suggests to you what option available to the obama administration to pursue the u.s. national interest and security of the peninsula. >> in the short term i put north korea back on the list to stay sponsors of terrorism, cut him out of international financial transactions, certainly would not supply any humanitarian assistance which they used to prop up the regime. honestly, you have to look at the longer term solution, and that means you...
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i mean of our foreign policy doesn't really it is there's a lot of contradiction in foreign policy. one learns that i almost gave a diplomat of myself and i saw it firsthand but the u.s. is now arming the sum over the rebels in syria and it's giving humanitarian aid to finance the refugees who are fleeing from syria into jordan it is kind of crazy and the u.s. policy is very confused in syria so all the other western countries they don't know who to support or what to do and probably a lot of them are starting to think maybe we should have gotten involved in this yeah yeah no kidding i want to play a clip by general wesley clark in two thousand and seven where he's going to speak about a time period immediately following afghanistan where your take on all of this and up when i came back to the pentagon about six weeks later i saw the same all sure i said why why haven't we attacked iraq we're going to track record at all sure he says it's worse than that he said. you pull up a piece of paper off his desk so i just got this memo from the circular defenses off that says we're going to
i mean of our foreign policy doesn't really it is there's a lot of contradiction in foreign policy. one learns that i almost gave a diplomat of myself and i saw it firsthand but the u.s. is now arming the sum over the rebels in syria and it's giving humanitarian aid to finance the refugees who are fleeing from syria into jordan it is kind of crazy and the u.s. policy is very confused in syria so all the other western countries they don't know who to support or what to do and probably a lot of...
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foreign policy, we are joined by the managing editor of foreign policy magazine, blake hounshell. we start in northeast asia where north korea this week has threatened to undertake a pre- emptive nuclear strike on the united states and south korea. what prompted that and how seriously does the u.s. needs to take tit? guest: i have a one year-old kid about to have his first birthday. i look at this as north korea dropping its food of the trade. when my kid is done with dinner and it's something he does not like, he drops it off the trade. they don't like the u.n. sanctions and they are saying that we will throw our food. yesterday they said that they were going to launch a pre- emptive strike against the united states and its interests. as far as we know, north korea does not have the capability to do that. they cannot put miniaturized nuclear weapons on missiles. they are calling for attention. they want the united states to come to the table and offer some concessions and they want to embarrass the new south korean government that just took power. host: you talk about the u.n. sa
foreign policy, we are joined by the managing editor of foreign policy magazine, blake hounshell. we start in northeast asia where north korea this week has threatened to undertake a pre- emptive nuclear strike on the united states and south korea. what prompted that and how seriously does the u.s. needs to take tit? guest: i have a one year-old kid about to have his first birthday. i look at this as north korea dropping its food of the trade. when my kid is done with dinner and it's something...
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policy and whether the party is on foreign policy and where it might want to be on foreign policy. >> i think foreign policy other ran the rand paul filibusters and the drones foreign policy is sublimated to other issues. we can go to that if you want. i think mark is absolutely right. i think rob portman is one of the most impressive figures in american politics. i think it was terribly important what he did. you know that previous report said the party has to be both inclusive and welcoming or we're not going to track young people. for all the tack about latinos and asians which is quite real the pier has a huge problem with -- party has a huge problem with young people. they can improve the infrastructure and social media and digital and all that. but as long at they are not welcoming and inclusive on social issues like gay marriage they'll have a terribly difficult time. i think the leaders are pretty much there now. can they bring the followers with them. >> rose: has the psident been able to changeany republicans minds because of the recent effort to charm the inventories as it
policy and whether the party is on foreign policy and where it might want to be on foreign policy. >> i think foreign policy other ran the rand paul filibusters and the drones foreign policy is sublimated to other issues. we can go to that if you want. i think mark is absolutely right. i think rob portman is one of the most impressive figures in american politics. i think it was terribly important what he did. you know that previous report said the party has to be both inclusive and...
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a manipulation of the foreign exchange market. >>> russian leaders are pushing to keep their country's status as a space power. workers are building a new cosmodrome, and vladamir putin is taking a look. the site covering 700 scare kilometers, it will have research for a minutes and assembly plants. president putin made a tour and then spoke with members on the international space station. they say it's the biggest space station and vital to the country's future. officials hope to start working there at the end of 2015. the first mission will be the launch of a unmanned spacecraft with a lunar rover. they plan to send people into space in 2018. >>> fans say it's been a long wait, but japanese novelest haruki murakami has finally released his latest work. nhk world's jun yasumoto reports. >> reporter: more than 100 fans waited late into the night in front of this tokyo book store. they wanted to be there at midnight when shopkeepers took the wraps off murakami's latest title. >> translator: we've been waiting for quite a while, so it's exciting. i'm surprised to see such a long line. >>
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policy interests. if it's good for russia, they are at the table. i think this is a double edged sword. one, it's a great way to solve strife problems across the middle east, but, b, we have to be extremely cautious of setting the table so any agreement or arrangement with the russians also protects u.s., our allies' interests, and i think the assad assad -- you know, look at the tenants of the chemical agreement, great, we have the chemical weapons off, but the russians cleaned up on exactly what they got in the particular deal, and because of that we alienated the allies in the region. that's an important component of it. i'm for getting the deal, but we paid a heavy price to get the deal, and not including allies in the negotiations of the deal. let's continue on syria a bit. you were in the free syria act to provide arms and support to the rebels. when we interviewed back in august, he positively referenced, please to have your cosponsorship, a bipartisan effort, and all this threatened u.s. attack
policy interests. if it's good for russia, they are at the table. i think this is a double edged sword. one, it's a great way to solve strife problems across the middle east, but, b, we have to be extremely cautious of setting the table so any agreement or arrangement with the russians also protects u.s., our allies' interests, and i think the assad assad -- you know, look at the tenants of the chemical agreement, great, we have the chemical weapons off, but the russians cleaned up on exactly...
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so these issues should be seen as, it ties in with other foreign policy agendas. >> i think we have time for one more question. perhaps in the front row here. we have a hand. we have a microphone. microphone approaching, approaching. and we only have just a moment left. >> i was the president of the first north korean pinkalicious i do a lot of things there. i just want to making something about the state department, kind of a history. we have an infiltration of islamic sympathizers. i am actually concerned about that. [inaudible] she has a very strong link to the muslim brotherhood. but just something broke yesterday which answers your question, john kerry's son-in-law, it didn't come out in the vetting process with him for second state. his son-in-law is an irony. iranian-american with very close relatives and iran. that is a breakdown of the vetting process. and so i will ask you all. are you concerned about this? >> i would have to know more about the iranians. most iranian americans are strong opponents of the iranian regime's i don't know about this person. >> this could be a probl
so these issues should be seen as, it ties in with other foreign policy agendas. >> i think we have time for one more question. perhaps in the front row here. we have a hand. we have a microphone. microphone approaching, approaching. and we only have just a moment left. >> i was the president of the first north korean pinkalicious i do a lot of things there. i just want to making something about the state department, kind of a history. we have an infiltration of islamic...
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but what the russian -- let's say foreign policy right now does have a strain, a very strong strain, which is their own version of exceptionalism that russia has its own approach, it's own foreign policy, it's own beliefs in its importance in the world and how we do things. and so, it does have, to me, kind of a strange ring that, you know, russia considers itself kind of different from other countries and here he is saying the united states shouldn't. that's how i'd look at it. >> again, you know, it's interesting, jill, too again you as a student of russia, he makes that comment about god created us equal and sets himself up as a champion of the u.n. system when his country itself has been one of the main vetoers of anything meaningful about syria. when he says god created us equal, his own country facing criticism over the treatment of gays and lesbians and others like that. how is he viewed when he makes these statements in russia? >> reporter: actually, i think a lot of people agree with him. i mean, there are people who, of course, are against the gay law and many other things,
but what the russian -- let's say foreign policy right now does have a strain, a very strong strain, which is their own version of exceptionalism that russia has its own approach, it's own foreign policy, it's own beliefs in its importance in the world and how we do things. and so, it does have, to me, kind of a strange ring that, you know, russia considers itself kind of different from other countries and here he is saying the united states shouldn't. that's how i'd look at it. >> again,...
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what they want to say smaller efficient foreign policy. i don't think we've had a foreign policy that made a lot of sense truthfully going back to george bush. not being critical of the president, the general dempsey, high-tech to the inspector general of reconstruction. i spoke to stuart bowen and we continue to spend money. today i had general jay garner in my office for an hour and a half. he is at the firm belief in the next year to three years there will be a civil war in iraq and i hope mr. secretary, do you have general dempsey for goodness sakes continue to police and keep all these faces overseas open. we are in a financial collapse. also an army corporal from my district has lost a leg, three fingers and brain injury. he's got a wife and four children. he lives in north carolina. somebody has got to wake up this country. yes we've got to have a strong military. we've got to have a strong defense, but they deserve better than what they get from it is tradition in congress that wants to send them around the world can change the cul
what they want to say smaller efficient foreign policy. i don't think we've had a foreign policy that made a lot of sense truthfully going back to george bush. not being critical of the president, the general dempsey, high-tech to the inspector general of reconstruction. i spoke to stuart bowen and we continue to spend money. today i had general jay garner in my office for an hour and a half. he is at the firm belief in the next year to three years there will be a civil war in iraq and i hope...
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minister in charge of chalices foreign policy why i think the opposition will definitely be emboldened by the may have a small window to operate the venezuelan constitution permits a recall within three years i wouldn't doubt that unless my little gets traction and addresses these issues significantly and quickly the opposition may mount a challenge again in three years that's what they did to which i was in two thousand and four this is a north korean celebration commemorating its founding fathers birthday are over and fears of a missile launch to mark the occasion have proven unfounded in fact appealing and didn't even hold a military parade showing off its military might something that's become an annual tradition. the reports from russia's far east. the birthday of the late leader the founder of the country kim il sung could have seen missile test launches coming from the country as all the most of the world media has been reporting the day has now finished here in the far east and we have seen no missiles flying above us in the sky moreover new slow coming from north korea has bee
minister in charge of chalices foreign policy why i think the opposition will definitely be emboldened by the may have a small window to operate the venezuelan constitution permits a recall within three years i wouldn't doubt that unless my little gets traction and addresses these issues significantly and quickly the opposition may mount a challenge again in three years that's what they did to which i was in two thousand and four this is a north korean celebration commemorating its founding...
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minister in charge of travis's foreign policy why i think the opposition will definitely be emboldened by the room may have a small window to operate the venezuelan constitution permits a recall within three years i wouldn't doubt that unless my little gets traction and addresses these issues significantly and quickly the opposition may mount a challenge again in three years that's what they did to us in two thousand and four. this is r t north korea is celebrating the anniversary of its founding fathers birthday and there's some concern it could use a missile launch or nuclear test to mark the occasion traditionally pyongyang shows off its military might to the world though this year the date comes at a historically tends moment with north korea resorting to war like rhetoric threatening the u.s. south korea and even japan with a strike young says this is to counter washington's aggressive behavior as the u.s. expands its military presence in the region there's no sign the standoff might be resolved with talks as america and its asian allies say they can negotiate only if north korea
minister in charge of travis's foreign policy why i think the opposition will definitely be emboldened by the room may have a small window to operate the venezuelan constitution permits a recall within three years i wouldn't doubt that unless my little gets traction and addresses these issues significantly and quickly the opposition may mount a challenge again in three years that's what they did to us in two thousand and four. this is r t north korea is celebrating the anniversary of its...
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more than ever foreign policy is economic policy. the world is competing for resources in global markets. >> jennifer: the obama/kerry foreign policy doctrine might be it's the economy stupid, and in fact it is really a economic strategy. much of the violence was driven by individuals financial insecurity as a result of the poverty. look at the arab spring which economic grievances lead to political revolution. a fruit selling started that protest by lighting himself on fire. his protest lead to the oh eventually overthrow of a decade's long dictatorship, and since then life has improved for tunisian. here is one union worker describing the change. >> the main benefit of the revolution is the disappearance of the state of fear which was dominating a large spectrum of our population. >> jennifer: and even though fear was dominating there is still continued frustration with the new tunisian government's ability to lower unemployment. and then a similar scene is playing out in egypt. today marks the two-year anniversary of the reelectio
more than ever foreign policy is economic policy. the world is competing for resources in global markets. >> jennifer: the obama/kerry foreign policy doctrine might be it's the economy stupid, and in fact it is really a economic strategy. much of the violence was driven by individuals financial insecurity as a result of the poverty. look at the arab spring which economic grievances lead to political revolution. a fruit selling started that protest by lighting himself on fire. his protest...
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policy was actually rather incoherent. truman had announced the truman doctrine and 40 and 47 which most historians mark as the beginning of the cold war. and then the point of that, the threat that true man identified the response from unidentified was actually quite incoherent. american defenses were low and there was aimed the demobilization after world war ii. so it really took the korean war to create all the policies that we now see that is the permanent standing army, the huge defense budgets, the perception of the block and the idea that any communist victory anywhere is somehow a threat to american national security. all of that came about because of the curry in war and also because of the korean war there was a collision between government and defense industry. and so, the start of birth of the military-industrial complex that eisenhower leader warned the nation against in the military industrial 1861. for china the effect of the korean war was also a profound because the laws during the korean war we must remem
policy was actually rather incoherent. truman had announced the truman doctrine and 40 and 47 which most historians mark as the beginning of the cold war. and then the point of that, the threat that true man identified the response from unidentified was actually quite incoherent. american defenses were low and there was aimed the demobilization after world war ii. so it really took the korean war to create all the policies that we now see that is the permanent standing army, the huge defense...
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so i think we're going to see a continuation of venezuelans foreign policy i think there's a difference between criticizing us and being anti american i think will see a promotion of latin american policy the promotion of a multi-polar world that is the u.s. is not the dominant issue on their agenda they have relations with russia with china with europe with with latin american countries and will see i think a continuity within that that's been part of the strength promoted by the chavez administration and my little we should recall was the foreign minister in charge of chalices foreign policy why i think the opposition will definitely be emboldened by little may have a small window to operate the venezuelan constitution permits a recall within three years i wouldn't doubt that unless my little gets traction and addresses these issues significantly and quickly the opposition may mount a challenge again in three years that's what they did to us in two thousand and four. this is our duty north korea celebrating the anniversary of its founding fathers birthday and there's some concern it c
so i think we're going to see a continuation of venezuelans foreign policy i think there's a difference between criticizing us and being anti american i think will see a promotion of latin american policy the promotion of a multi-polar world that is the u.s. is not the dominant issue on their agenda they have relations with russia with china with europe with with latin american countries and will see i think a continuity within that that's been part of the strength promoted by the chavez...
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foreign policy during the kissinger years we're talking about nine hundred sixty nine for example the bombing of cambodia this is secret policies which were going on from the white house in ninety seventy's south american operation condor or death squads running around in south america killing thousands and disappearing thousands of people in nine hundred seventy three days chile where henry kissinger ordered the assassination of the president of chile because he wasn't going in the political direction that he wanted and installed general pinochet ninety seven for the turkish invasion of cyprus there's little bits of details on all of these which kissinger was involved in kissinger basically gave a green light to turkey to invade cyprus so was there was an official foreign policy going on which was quite nice from the us going along with human rights there was an unofficial policy going on with henry kissinger in the white house with all these kinds of human rights abuses and walk crimes going on kind of reaction can we expect from washington and how badly could this harm us interests
foreign policy during the kissinger years we're talking about nine hundred sixty nine for example the bombing of cambodia this is secret policies which were going on from the white house in ninety seventy's south american operation condor or death squads running around in south america killing thousands and disappearing thousands of people in nine hundred seventy three days chile where henry kissinger ordered the assassination of the president of chile because he wasn't going in the political...
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some members of this committee strongly opposed president obama's foreign-policy. regardless of how we may feel about the president's policies, or float on senator hagel nomination will not change those policies. there is a risk here it is that the defeat of this domination will leave the department of defense leaderless at a time when we face in this budgetary challenges in our military is engaged in combat operations overseas. such an absence of senior leaders would be unlikely to benefit either our national defense or men and away uniform, and i would add, given the recent explosion of a nuclear device by north korea, the delay in adopting this nomination and approving it, i think, will send the exact wrong message to north korea. the president needs to have a secretary of defense in him he has stressed who will give him unvarnished advice, a person of integrity and one who has a personal understanding of the consequences of decisions relative to the use of military force. senator hagel certainly has those critically important qualifications, and he is well qual
some members of this committee strongly opposed president obama's foreign-policy. regardless of how we may feel about the president's policies, or float on senator hagel nomination will not change those policies. there is a risk here it is that the defeat of this domination will leave the department of defense leaderless at a time when we face in this budgetary challenges in our military is engaged in combat operations overseas. such an absence of senior leaders would be unlikely to benefit...
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foreign policy as anyone. i don't support interventionism but you don't want to go so far in the other direction that you start, you know, cozying up to tin pot african dictators like qaddafi, assad, and the one in belarus who is still running the kgb and backing up the chinese in their clamp-down in tibet. in many ways i think... >> charlie: ahmadinejad. ahmadinejad who is anti-semetic amongst other issues which the left does not want to talk about because of the taboos. i understand the impulse. you want to counteract the u.s. chavez was under pressure from the bush administration. i understand that. you don't want to go so far in the other direction that you sort of drag the left through the mud. i think that maduro was very uncreative an ideological foreign minister. at a certain point i wondered why not craft a certain kind of foreign policy that is a lot more ininnovative. climate change, for example. it rails against the global north for consuming oil. it's hypocritical because venezuela has exported bi
foreign policy as anyone. i don't support interventionism but you don't want to go so far in the other direction that you start, you know, cozying up to tin pot african dictators like qaddafi, assad, and the one in belarus who is still running the kgb and backing up the chinese in their clamp-down in tibet. in many ways i think... >> charlie: ahmadinejad. ahmadinejad who is anti-semetic amongst other issues which the left does not want to talk about because of the taboos. i understand the...
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and i've noticed because i spend all my time looking at foreign policy issues broadly and because iran is one of my issues is that is increasingly true in washington. is it because we have defeated the iranian nuclear weapons program? is it because our dialogue with the iranians has borne fruit? is it because the iranian government has had second thoughts? is it because the europeans and their ongoing dialogue with the iranian government about the nuclear program has been successful? or is it none of the above? the honest answer, of course, is it's none of the above. the bigst problem is that there is an incredible blossoming of threats around the world right now, and we had a lot to talk about before we could even come to iran. worse yet, our government is -- and i would say many, many on the right and the left -- are bored with iran. i think that the tacit notion is that containment is a very good option because this, after all, is the year in which iran will get nuclear weapons. and for those of you who have a slightly longer memory than some in the washington press, you'll remember
and i've noticed because i spend all my time looking at foreign policy issues broadly and because iran is one of my issues is that is increasingly true in washington. is it because we have defeated the iranian nuclear weapons program? is it because our dialogue with the iranians has borne fruit? is it because the iranian government has had second thoughts? is it because the europeans and their ongoing dialogue with the iranian government about the nuclear program has been successful? or is it...
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up next, ira stoll examines president in his public and foreign policy record and argues it defaults his conservative political leanings. this is just under one hour. >> it's a big thrill to be here at politics and prose, which is a great institution. thank you for having me. when i first arrived in washington it was august 1995. i was 22, and my friend, josh, let me stand his couch until i found a place of my own. he was quite kind to offer me his couch for an open any period of time. it was quite generous but at least as i recall, he or his roommates were not quite so kind to give me my own key to the house. that meant that when i came back from my days of apartment hunting, i often had some time to kill in that lovely august washington weather before josh got home from work. sussed a lot of time here in this air-conditioned bookstore. it's great to be here surrounded by so many friends and family members, quite a distinguished crowd we have here, some other authors here and a lot of newspaperman and women. there's a crowd of people here from crimson, which means i've had friendshi
up next, ira stoll examines president in his public and foreign policy record and argues it defaults his conservative political leanings. this is just under one hour. >> it's a big thrill to be here at politics and prose, which is a great institution. thank you for having me. when i first arrived in washington it was august 1995. i was 22, and my friend, josh, let me stand his couch until i found a place of my own. he was quite kind to offer me his couch for an open any period of time. it...